Mathematical Biology Seminar: Hao Wang

Abstract:

In many applications it is assumed that the modeling system is governed by a principle of causality: the present state is independent of the past. However, in many situations, a more realistic model should incorporate some of the past history. Such models are usually called functional differential equations (FDEs) or delay differential equations (DDEs). In the first lecture, I will post some “real” FDE examples, show differences between FDE models and ODE models, and present basic theorems of FDEs.